Counties with the highest unemployment rate in Wyoming
Unemployment rates, while significantly lower than the alarming pandemic peak of 14.7% experienced in April 2020, remain a subject of concern, notably as economic experts bandy around the idea of a potential recession by 2023. The last economic recession—the Great Recession of 2008-2010—sent rates up to 10% as of October 2009. It was not until the spring of 2019 that unemployment finally went down to the same level it sits at now.
As of October of this year, national unemployment is at 3.7%, 0.2% higher than in September. Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates by state demonstrate a rather sizable spectrum, ranging from just 2.0% in Minnesota, to 4.5% in Illinois and 4.7% in the District of Columbia. Further breakdown by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows yet another county-based spectrum within each state.
To that end, Stacker compiled a list of counties with the highest unemployment rate in Wyoming using data from the BLS. Counties are ranked by unemployment rate in September 2022.
#23. Teton County
--- 1 month change: +0.2%
--- 1 year change: -0.2%
- Total labor force: 17,120 (321 unemployed)
#22. Weston County
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: -0.3%
- Total labor force: 3,753 (81 unemployed)
#21. Crook County
--- 1 month change: -1.1%
--- 1 year change: -0.2%
- Total labor force: 3,910 (92 unemployed)
#20. Hot Springs County
--- 1 month change: -0.2%
--- 1 year change: -0.6%
- Total labor force: 2,243 (54 unemployed)
#19. Niobrara County
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: -0.5%
- Total labor force: 1,225 (30 unemployed)
#18. Albany County
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: +0.1%
- Total labor force: 21,656 (592 unemployed)
#17. Converse County
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: -0.8%
- Total labor force: 7,568 (204 unemployed)
#16. Goshen County
--- 1 month change: +0.2%
--- 1 year change: -0.2%
- Total labor force: 6,330 (170 unemployed)
#15. Park County
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: -0.3%
- Total labor force: 16,064 (437 unemployed)
#14. Johnson County
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: -0.1%
- Total labor force: 4,308 (122 unemployed)
#13. Lincoln County
--- 1 month change: +0.1%
--- 1 year change: 0.0%
- Total labor force: 9,761 (273 unemployed)
#12. Sheridan County
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: -0.3%
- Total labor force: 16,036 (453 unemployed)
#11. Platte County
--- 1 month change: -0.3%
--- 1 year change: -0.1%
- Total labor force: 4,380 (127 unemployed)
#10. Big Horn County
--- 1 month change: -0.3%
--- 1 year change: -0.1%
- Total labor force: 5,304 (166 unemployed)
#9. Laramie County
--- 1 month change: +0.1%
--- 1 year change: -0.1%
- Total labor force: 49,711 (1,529 unemployed)
#8. Carbon County
--- 1 month change: +0.1%
--- 1 year change: +0.1%
- Total labor force: 7,681 (248 unemployed)
#7. Campbell County
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: -0.9%
- Total labor force: 21,897 (717 unemployed)
#6. Fremont County
--- 1 month change: -0.2%
--- 1 year change: -0.1%
- Total labor force: 18,895 (637 unemployed)
#5. Sublette County
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: -0.8%
- Total labor force: 3,966 (133 unemployed)
#4. Washakie County
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: +0.3%
- Total labor force: 3,853 (131 unemployed)
#3. Uinta County
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: -0.4%
- Total labor force: 8,694 (301 unemployed)
#2. Natrona County
--- 1 month change: -0.2%
--- 1 year change: -1.0%
- Total labor force: 38,576 (1,439 unemployed)
#1. Sweetwater County
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: -0.5%
- Total labor force: 18,984 (716 unemployed)